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Gov Midterm 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Percent of those who felt they could trust their government in 1964? | 76% |
| Percent of those who felt they could trust their government in 1984? | 42% |
| Percent of those who felt they could trust their government in 1994? | 17% |
| Percent of those who feel they can trust their government now? | 8% |
| Percent of those who in a 1996 Washington Post Article trusted the government? | 25% |
| Percent of those who in a 1996 Washington Post Article trusted others? | 35% |
| Average CEO to employee ratio in the 1970s? | 43 times |
| Average CEO to employee ratio now? | 364 times |
| Percent of voters living in landslide counties in 1992? | 37.7% |
| Percent of voters living in landslide counties in 2004? | 48.3% |
| Tax Rate for top 400 income owners in the U.S. in 1992? | 29.2% |
| Tax Rate for top 400 income owners in the U.S. in 2008? | 21.5% |
| Warren Buffet's Tax Rate in 2010? | 17.4% |
| U.S. deficit for FY 2013? | 973 billion |
| Current US National Debt ? | Approximately 17 trillion |
| U.S. population as a percentage of world population? | 5.8% |
| Percent of income made by top 1% of income earners? | 20% |
| Percentage of US population identified as middle class? | 51% |
| # of states that spend less on education than they did five years ago? | 46 |
| Comparative ranking of percentage of college age students pursuing a higher education today? | #14 |
| Comparative ranking of percentage of college age students pursuing a higher education 10 years ago? | #1 |
| Year Supreme Court decided the Citizens United v. FEC? | 2010 |
| Costs to fund Iraq and Afghanistan War? | 2 Trillion |
| Percentage of children in the 10 largest US cities born into single-parent homes? | 80% |
| Percentage of children in the 10 largest US cities born into no parent homes? | 15% |
| Approximate dropout rate in the U.S.? | 29% |
| Approximate dropout rate in Japan? | 1% |
| Prison incarcerations per 100,000 people in the U.S.? | 511 |
| Prison incarcerations per 100,000 people in Japan? | 11 |
| Amount spent in current dollars on WPA over a ten year period in the 1930s and 1940s? | Approximately 90 Billion |
| Amount spent in current dollars on welfare over a ten year period? | Approximately 900 Billion |
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